The City of Nichols Hills, just north of Belle Isle, is an enclave of the wealthy. The streets are lined with nice houses, the commerce is upscale, the restaurants are gourmet, and the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club located there is exclusive.
Laurens is a city in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 9,916 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Laurens County. Located in the western part of South Carolina, it is named after Henry Laurens of Revolutionary War fame. It is part of the GreenvilleâMauldinâEasley Metropolitan Statistical Area. Original maps indicate the town may have originally been called Laurensville. The earliest known reference to the name Laurens is a town charter in 1873.
As many of the region's early settlers had emigrated from Ireland, Dublin takes its name from that home country's capital. Laurens County obtained most of its territory from Wilkinson County in 1807, though the part east of Dublin, the county seat, sat in Washington County until 1811. The county's name commemorates Colonel John Laurens of South Carolina, aide-de-camp to General George Washington and son of the president of the Continental Congress.